What Car?
Posted: Tue 16 September, 2008 Filed under: Cynicism, Driving 5 Comments »Travelling in to work this morning, I was on the A14 where it splits into the A14 and the A11 (heading towards Cambridge and the M11)
At this point, there are big signs telling you which lane to be in, and the inner carriageway of the A14 then splits off to become the A11 – and then that becomes two carriageways. It sounds complicated, but really isn’t.
Anyway, this morning, the car I was travelling behind was in the outside lane of the A14. At the last possible second, this bell-end swooped across both lanes of the A14, over the cross-marked meridian, and over the two lanes of the A11. No signalling, no warning, just an obvious “Oh fuck! This isn’t where I wanted to be!” – the driver had also been on the phone (hand-held – I could see them using it) which probably explains it.
Now – today’s question is…
What make of car was this person driving?
No prizes for correct answers.
BMW or Audi I’d reckon.
Exactly the sort of case where CCTV footage should be used to prosecute for dangerous driving IMHO.
i know which part of the a14 you mean as i used to travel on it on a regular basis, think its just the standard of todays driver, i had a twonk this morning in totaly the wrong lane he was in the 1st lane realized at the last minuet her wanted the outside lane to take him to the 4th lane he didnt indicate just pulled over then the prat indicated when he did the overtaking what a twat i did give him some verbal and the use of my horn
It can only be a BMW.
Ive ranted about BMW drivers before, and I just dont get.
Saw the same thing myself on the M5 the other day – only in this case it was slightly worse.
The M5 is 3-lane until the M42 splits off it. The inside lane splits off completely, with lots of white hatching separating it from the main route. Then the middle lane splits in two, with more white hatching, then the carriageways separate and the two lanes on the left come together.
I’m in the inside lane, heading off up the M42, and in front of me was a white van driver, with company logos on the side. At the very last minute he suddenly realises he’s going the wrong way, and swerves right across both sets of white hatching back onto the M5. He was damn lucky we weren’t being overtaken at the time. If he’d stayed on the wrong rouyte, it’s barely a mile to the next exit; he was looking at a 2-3 mile detour, at most.
85% likelihood that it’s a BMW, 14.9% chance a Merc. 0.1% chance it was a crazy hippy in a 2CV on a literally bad trip.